Quote Originally Posted by Beirut View Post
And what - a bear of very little brain asks - does TN or M-PVA mean?
Welcome to the wonderful world of where things get technical.

I guess if my plan is to watch movies, I should skip any PC schemes and just get a TV and a blu-ray player. Does the TN and M-PVA things still apply?
Yes, if you are looking to buy an LCD TV the same thing applies. Note that with TVs IPS tends/used-to-be reserved to high end TVs.

Of course at the end of the day you have to make the call: is IPS or M-PVA and so on worth the significant price markup compared to TN? (They're easily twice as expensive.) Do you intend to share the TV with others, watch a movie together with so many people not everybody can sit directly in front of the screen? If all you want is a big screen “which looks good” and “can display 1080p HD”, then pretty much any 22 inch or bigger monitor will do these days.